Parks Plan and Ewingville Drive

The Master Parks Plan was presented to BOMA and the public on November 5, 2015 in the Training Room of City Hall.  

The crowd size was an estimated 200.  Folks came from Ewingville, Sturbridge, Yorktown, and Harpeth Meadows to register the opposition to the trail on our side of the river.  There were a few supporters who wanted the trail for their own biking and running.

The parks planners briefly presented an overview of the entire parks plan.  The majority of the two hours concerned trail placement.  There was much audience participation with anyone who wished speaking at least once.  This was not a time for BOMA decision.  

The vast majority of those speaking voiced concerns of privacy, loss of property value, policing and the impact on the environment and wildlife.

No one was totally against the entire trail system.  Stated was that the study was done considering the trail user and not the property owners.

Questioned by two in attendance.... if the study had begun by contacting FEMA concerning flood restrictions on this property.  The company designing the plan had NOT contacted FEMA.

The final vote will likely be in January 2016. 

A BOMA work session will be on December 8, 2015 at 5:00 PM.  This is generally a time when the public speaks little.   

Come to listen and then recontact BOMA with concerns or appreciation for their position to remove Ewingville.  Getting Ewingville removed benefits all subdivisions up the road.

It should be noted that the Ewingville side of the trail was first taken out of the plan and put back in.  The trail is on both sides of the river currently.

Several BOMA members were in attendance.  The decision of the trails is solely with BOMA.

Meanwhile our proactive plan is to contact each BOMA member.  They will likely take a vote on the trails and parks plan in January 2016.  So, making a contact before January is imperative.

Please see the TAB at the top of this blog for BOMA names and contact information.  How you contact is your decision….but..contact!   Maybe you have once contacted…it is time to do it again.